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Beaconsfield is a suburb on the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, part of the Greater Montreal region locally referred to as the West Island.It is a residential community located on the north shore of Lac Saint-Louis, bordered on the west by Baie-D'Urfé, north by Kirkland and east by Pointe-Claire.
It is the second oldest community in Montreal's West Island, having been founded as a parish in 1703. The oldest, Dorval , was founded in 1667. Points of interest include the Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue Canal (a National Historic Site of Canada ), the Sainte-Anne Veterans' Hospital, the Morgan Arboretum , and the L'Anse-à-l'Orme Nature Park.
Pierrefonds (Quebec French pronunciation: [pjaɛ̯ʁˈfõ]) is a former city in southwestern Quebec, Canada.It is located along the Rivière des Prairies on the northwestern part of the Island of Montreal (part of what is colloquially called the West Island).
It is composed of the former municipalities of Pierrefonds and Roxboro, spanning the northern part of the West Island.Besides its land borders with the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève, as well as the boroughs of Saint-Laurent and Ahuntsic-Cartierville to the east, it borders the municipalities of Senneville, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Kirkland, and Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
Baie-D'Urfé is named after François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé, a French Sulpician priest known as l'Abbé d'Urfé. [8] He was the community's first pastor, who was sent by the Gentlemen of Saint-Sulpice to serve as a missionary for the parish of Saint-Louis-du-Bout-de-l'Île (which was later renamed in his honour), a small community of settlers, soldiers, traders, and Indians.
Senneville (French pronunciation:) is an affluent on-island suburban village on the western tip of the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the wealthiest town in the West Island. [6] Situated close to the city of Montreal, it was historically a popular location for the country houses of wealthy Montrealers. [7]
Place des Arts, facing Sainte-Catherine Street. 2-22 Sainte-Catherine Est. Promenade des Artistes [].. Quartier des Spectacles (French pronunciation: [kaʁtje de spɛktakl]) is an arts and entertainment district located in the eastern section of Downtown Montreal, designed as a centre for Montreal's cultural events and festivals.
Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé is a former borough in the West Island area of Montreal, Quebec. It was composed of the municipalities of Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé through a forced merger on January 1, 2002. On June 20, 2004, both Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé voted to return to being independent municipalities, effective January 1, 2006.